Sundance Saloon Closed 2 Nights
Thursday, October 9 and Sunday, October 12

Sundance Saloon will be closed on Thursday, October 9 and Sunday, October 12. This is the weekend of the Sundance Reno Round-Up, our four-day country-western dance weekend taking place in Reno, Nevada, from October 9 through 12. We hope that you will join us in Reno for what could be one of the most memorable experiences of your life. It's not too late to register!

Sundance Reno Round-Up
Sundance's 4-day CW dance weekend at the WGRF
October 9–12, 2025 • Reno, NV

DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT! Sundance is hosting a full-fledged country-western dance weekend in conjunction with the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno, Nevada, October 9–12, 2025. We'll have four nights of dancing in up to three rooms, three days of dance workshops in up to five rooms, dance exhibition performances, and more! It's going to feel a lot like the Sundance Stompede without it actually being the Sundance Stompede. The weekend will also host the 30th annual convention of the IAGLCWDC.

Advance registration has officially ended, but you can still register in person at the event in Reno for $120.. The host hotel is a complex of three adjacent casino resorts known as "The Row." Check out more details here, including a more comprehensive list of our offerings, workshop information, and much more.

Volunteers Needed For Reno
October 9-13, 2025
Sundance Reno Round-Up • Reno, NV

We need dozens of volunteers at the Sundance Reno Round-Up. Please help us! Our disadvantage is that we are not at our home base, and so the volunteer pool will need to come mostly from folks already registered.

Shifts including set-up, tear-down, registration, entry monitor, coat check, and the like. No experience necessary! You can't possibly dance the entire weekend. Take a break and help make this amazing weekend come to life. Sign up now!

Special Film Screening
Saturday, October 11 • 4:30 pm
Eldorado Showroom • 345 N Virginia St, Reno, NV

This 50-minute documentary of the 2023 Sundance Stompede, titled Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede and directed by Graham Clayton-Chance, will have a special screening during the Sundance Reno Round-Up! We'll be in the gorgeous Eldorado Showroom, located within our host hotel complex known as "The Row." The screening will include a Q&A with director Graham Clayton-Chance and videographer Casey Regan.

Get your tickets now! This is a film you do not want to miss. This is a separately-ticketed event and not included with the Sundance Reno Round-Up regisration. Note: the film screening does not interfere with workshops or exhibition rehearsal times.

Buy tickets now!

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Sundance In The Castro
Saturday, October 18 • 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Noe Street near Market St, San Francisco

We're back for our last outdoor dance of the season in the Castro – on Noe Street between Market and Beaver – on our new portable dance floor! We are planning our usual mix of partner dancing and line dancing, with a greater emphasis on line dancing than our usual format at Sundance Saloon, along with plenty of quick lessons for the passerby. This is a smoke-free event pursuant to SF Health Code Article 19L.

Also - please support our neighboring businesses, including La Méditerranée restaurant and Toni Cleaners. In particular, we're asking you to pick up or drop off your dry cleaning on the Saturday of the event!

Halloween at Sundance Saloon
Sunday, October 26
Sundance Saloon

Celebrate Halloween with Sundance Saloon! Costumes highly encouraged. Enter our costume contest, and win cash prizes: 1st place = $100, 2nd place = $50, 3rd place = $25.

We'll still have dance lessons as usual from 5:30 to 7:15 pm; then open dancing and ghoulish fun until 10:30 pm. Admission will remain the same as our usual: $7.

Intermediate West Coast Swing
with Shin Aoki
Sunday, October 26: 5:15–6:15 pm
Sundance Saloon: Loft

Instructor Shin Aoki leads a one-hour workshop for intermediate west coast swing on the last Sunday of the month. Attendees should be *completely* comfortable with basic WCS patterns (e.g. side pass, underarm turn, tuck, basic whips).

Unlike most of our lessons in the loft, this class is drop-in, with no advance registration and no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission fee.

Thursday Late Line Dancing
Line dancing after 10:00 pm

A reminder that we have all line dancing by request from 10:00 to our 10:30 pm closing. Earlier in the night is our standard foramt of lessons followed by open country-western dancing with a mix of two-step, waltz, west coast swing, east coast swing, night club two-step, and line dancing.

• 6:00 pm - Doors open
• 6:45 pm - Partner dance lessons (intermediate and beginning in 2 rooms)
• 7:30 pm - Line dance lessons (intermediate and beginning in 2 rooms)
• 8:00 pm - Open dancing (the usual mix of two-step, line dance, waltz, swing)
• 10:00 pm - All line dancing by request
• 10:30 pm - Close

Line Dance Pro
Sundays (except 1st Sun of month) • 5:00–6:30 pm
Sundance Saloon • Back Room

Can't get enough line dancing? Line Dance Pro is an opportunity to increase your line dance abilities and challenge yourself with new line dances not included in our regular Sundance Saloon repertoire.

Our Line Dance Pro sessions run every Sunday in the Back Room of Sundance Saloon (except the first Sunday of the month)! Includes lessons starting at 5:15 pm, except the last Sunday of the month which features a line dance marathon. Check the Sundance Saloon instruction calendar for the schedule.

Clogging at Sundance Saloon
Thursdays • 6:30–8:30 pm [except 10/9, 10/30]
Sundance Saloon: Loft

The Barbary Coast Cloggers are bringing their clogging classes to Sundance Saloon every Thursday. Clogging lessons take place upstairs in the loft, while our regular programming of two-step and line dance lessons continues on the ground level.

The schedule is:

• 6:30-7:10 - Easy Level
• 7:10-7:50 - Intermediate Level
• 7:50-8:30 - Advanced Level

The classes are drop-in and there is no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission. NOTE: There will be no clogging on October 9 or October 30.

Volunteer Opportunities

Please help us! Sundance Saloon is a community effort, dependent on lots of people chipping in a little bit. We are always looking for more help. If you have not volunteered in the past, this is a great time to think about stepping in. You can become an integral part of what makes Sundance so special. Our needs at Sundance Saloon include set-up, front door, and coat-check. Shifts are generally one hour. No experience necessary.

SPECIAL EVENTS

We need volunteers for a number of special events in October. Next up:

• Castro Street Fair- Oct. 5 - sign up
• Sundance Reno Round-Up - Oct. 9-12 - sign up
• Sundance In The Castro - Oct. 18 - sign up

Supporting Sundance

As an all-volunteer, member- and community-supported organization, the Sundance Association depends on your support to keep thriving. The pandemic put an extra burden on our finances, and our needs are never-ending. There are many ways to help us, and not all of them involve monetary contributions:

• Become a member of the Sundance Association by pledging an annual tax-deductible donation.
• Come on down! Support us just by showing up.
• Introduce someone new to Sundance Saloon.
• Use our coat-check on Sundays.
• Put a dollar or two in one of our tip jars.
• See if your company offers matching donations or grants for volunteer time served.
• Remember Sundance in your estate planning.
• Volunteer!
• Social media! Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Share our posts. Share your own posts. Review us on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and Tripadvisor.